Recent academic and policy debate on innovation indicates that there has been some shift
from a more traditional systems approach to ecologies and ecosystems. The latter are …

This is not to say that economics has a monopoly when it comes to factors that affect science
or in providing a lens for examining science. Other disciplines—and their foci—contribute …

abstract This paper aims to better understand the development of entrepreneurial
competencies to create new ventures within the non‐commercial academic environment …

This study explores the process of organizational change by examining localized social
learning in organizational subunits. Specifically, we examine participation in university …

The influence of the university department upon spin-off venture evolution is complex and
dynamic. We examine how the university department context influences the spin-off process …

Industrial districts and regional clusters depend on the networks that arise from reciprocal
linkages among co-located organizations, while physical proximity among firms can alter the …

We analyze the impact of university–industry relationships on public research. Our inductive
study of university–industry collaboration in engineering suggests that basic projects are …

The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 provided US universities with the right to commercialize
employees' inventions made while engaged in government-funded research. This paper …

Much of the social science literature on institutions resembles a play that begins with the
second act, taking both plot and narrative as an accomplished fact. very little research asks …

This paper aims to improve our understanding of the attributes of academic researchers that
influence the capacity to contribute to technical advance, by adding to the pool of …